WAKE UP! WAKE UP!

Here's what I thought about yesterday's and today's reading...

Half asleep...I'm so bored counting sheep.

From reading Proverbs before, I found these verses underlined:

Proverbs 1:32-33- "For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complaceny of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me [wisdom] will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."

Proverbs is all about wisdom. Of course, everyone wants wisdom! Everyone wants to be smart. Everyone wants to make the right choice the first time, right?

I honestly have to question that. Some people say, "Well, not everyone is born smart." Well, no one is born smart. Is a baby born already able to walk, talk, and solve algebra? No. We all had to learn. I believe that everyone, every person in the world can be intelligent--they just have to choose to be. I think that most of us kids these days literally don't want wisdom. Sorry to say, but no one really wants to think anymore. Kids like to spend the day sleeping, watching movies, texting our friends, and surfing the Internet. School is coming up...do we want to go back? No. Sure, I've said that I miss school, but I know deep in my heart that I don't miss school and I don't want to go back and start using my head again. I'd much rather stay here on the computer, googling music videos like "Wake Up! Wake Up!" by Everyday Sunday...not even thinking about what that song is trying to say:

'Cause I don't want to keep sleepwalking through endless days/I've had enough of going nowhere/God, I want to wake up! Wake up! WAKE UP!

Trey Pearson, lead singer of Everyday Sunday, says, "'Wake Up! Wake Up!'" is about realizing we all have a crucial role to play in God's story, not just going through the motions, wasting our life in boredom."

Even Wavorly tells us, "So many days go by where our focus is to be entertained, rather than loving and helping others and fulfilling the great commission."

Or Leeland, "We're not called to live a normal life, but to be constantly going forward, witnessing and advancing the kingdom of God."

Okay, so why are all the bands telling us to get off our seat? Because the complaceny of fools will destroy them! As much as I don't want to get out of my comfort zone, I have to. I don't want to be destroyed.

We always feel safe inside church--sing a few songs, listen to the preacher, chat with your friends, then go home. No danger. No risk. No worries...there's more to Christian life than that! We need to get out and change the world! We need to tell our non-Christian friends about Jesus, help our Christian friends grow in their faith--and as a result, we ourselves will get closer to God.

Do you want to be smart? If so, let's fear God, since it's the beginning of knowledge. Also, remember what we read today in Proverbs (verses 3-5):

"if you call out for insight and cry aloud of understanding, and if you look for it as silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God."

WAKE UP! Search for wisdom, and you will find it.